English

heterochromous

From hetero- + chromo- + -ous.

Formed from hetero- + chromo- + -ous

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə

Ancient Greek χρῶμα ‘color’

Today it means

adj Having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / heterochromous